In Mississippi, county election offices have until Nov. 13 to confirm election results thanks to a now-defunct state law allowing the counting of mail-in absentee ballots for five days following the election as long as those ballots were post-marked by Election Day.
A federal appeals court panel incorrectly interpreted federal and state laws when it ruled that Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that are cast by Election Day but arrive a few days later
In the Mississippi Supreme Court Central District and the only contested Mississippi Court of Appeals race, both dragged on through Tuesday night with no candidate clearly gaining a 50% plus one majority needed for absolute victory.
The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city says he has been indicted in an alleged bribery operation, and he said it is a “political prosecution” to hurt his 2025 campaign for reelection
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Mississippi on Tuesday. Thompson defeated Republican Ron Eller, a military veteran and physician assistant. Thompson served as Bolton mayor and Hinds County supervisor before he won a 1993 special election to represent western Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District,